Synopsis The ride follows, very closely, the story of the film. The queue area is themed to a bus station with commercials of tourist spots within in the city of Monstropolis. Posters of Harryhausen’s, a restaurant from the film, are placed in queue, hinting to a scene within the attraction. Guests board taxis on a journey through the streets of Monstropolis. A small television monitor in each of the three rows of the ride vehicle plays a clip of a tourism video that is interrupted with urgent news that a human named Boo has entered Monstropolis (humans are considered deadly). The taxis exit a tunnel and go down the dark streets of the city, passing Mike and Celia in Mike’s new car as Mike wishes her a happy birthday. They then see Randall, who looks around angrily. Following that are news reporters interviewing frightened monsters about what they saw that night. Sulley pops up from an alley holding Boo, looking to see if the coast is clear. The taxis drive into Harryhausen’s sushi joint, where frantic monsters run around as Celia screams angrily at Mike and Sulley who are running across the way. The taxis enter the Monsters, Inc. factory and are nearly cleansed by the CDA that fall from nowhere and take pictures. A few workers walk by and the taxis enter the boys’ locker room where Mike seems scared and worried again while Sulley waits for Boo to use the restroom. Randall appears then disappears in a nearby corner. In the giant room with all the hanging doors hanging …

Tori Amos performs Taxi Ride (from Scarlet’s Walk) live on Sunrise in Australia. Download the MP3 here: www.mediafire.com Date: 14th September 2007